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Judge temporarily blocks Biden administration's restoration of transgender health protections (apnews.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A federal district court judge on Wednesday temporarily halted parts of a nondiscrimination rule that would have kept insurers and medical professionals from denying hormone therapy, gender transition surgeries and similar medical care for transgender people.

U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola Jr. sided with 15 states that had argued the language the rule was based on — the 1972 Title IX nondiscrimination law — encompasses biological sex, but not gender identity. Guirola’s injunction applies nationwide to the Affordable Care Act rule, which would have gone into effect Friday.

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If you are covering the cost of estrogen for "biological females" but not for "biological males" (as my shitty insurance tells me), that is discrimination on the basis of sex. This is not difficult.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hun have you ever tried rubbing two neurons together? It's difficult, okay?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Woulda thought you were a transphobe had i not checked your post history...(not that trans folks cant be transphobic...so...) what do you mean by this?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I interpret this as a sarcastic dig at the politicians who can't figure this out struggling to rub the two neurons in their brain together. Elise definitely isn't transphobic.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Thanks, the added context makes sense of it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I'm definitely transphobic, especially towards myself!